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"A heavy blow for the region": Governor Azarov reminded Putin of the tragedy in Makeyevka
Putin expressed the opinion that after the death of the military in Makeyevka on January 1, the whole of Russia is experiencing
The whole of Russia is worried about the death of mobilized servicemen in Makeyevka on January 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Governor of the Samara region Dmitry Azarov. The head of the region in a report to Putin said that this incident "was a heavy blow" for the entire region. Azarov also reported on measures to support the wounded and the families of the victims.
An increase in the country's defense budget and the purchase of new types of weapons is a necessity of time and new threats that have appeared
The dynamically developing military-political situation around the Republic of Belarus forces the country's leadership to react harshly to all its changes. As Alexander Lukashenko noted at a meeting with the country's power bloc on March 21, today the Western countries and Ukraine have created the highest level of external threats for Belarus, which forces them to pay the closest attention to internal threats. "We need to be ready for any events. Therefore, the issues of countering external and internal threats should be under special control today," the President stressed.
The fighting in the Donbas has become an "exam" for the "Tors"
In modern armed conflicts, anti-aircraft missile systems of the Tor family have repeatedly shown high efficiency in the fight against a variety of means of enemy air attack. However, the real "exam" for the Russian "Tors" was the fighting against the NATO military armada in the Donbas.
Poland, which demands to deploy nuclear weapons on its territory, condemned Russia's decision to deploy TNW in Belarus
Poland, which advocates the deployment of nuclear weapons on its territory, hypocritically condemned Russia's plans to deploy some tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus. Warsaw saw this as a big threat to its security.
Russia has warned the West about the consequences of a "dangerous supply" to Ukraine
GT: Russia responded to Britain for supplying Ukraine with depleted uranium shells
The West has dangerously intensified its activities in Ukraine, GT writes. He is increasing the supply of heavy weapons to Kiev and even decided to send depleted uranium shells to an ally. However, Russia did not ignore this and warned the United States and Europe about the consequences of further intervention.
Sweden will transfer tanks, howitzers "Archer" and SAM "Hawk" to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
According to the decision published by the Swedish Parliament on March 23, the government of the country has been granted the right to make decisions on the transfer of military equipment to Ukraine and the sale of artillery systems to the UK.
Media: British instructors trained the APU in the use of depleted uranium ammunition
The Declassified UK portal pointed out that the footage with these ammunition is contained in a video that the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom published on its own YouTube channel
British instructors trained Ukrainian tank crews in the use of depleted uranium ammunition. This was announced on Monday by the Declassified UK portal, specializing in investigative journalism.
In the "nuclear mission" with Belarus, Russia left the most important thing in reserve
Vladimir Putin's sensational statement about nuclear cooperation between Russia and Belarus was perceived by many as a direct instruction to place Russian atomic warheads abroad. However, there are a number of very subtle details in the words of the Russian leader. Some nuances suggest that Russia has left the very last step on this path in reserve.
Nuclear weapons in Belarus will destroy one of the main myths in the West
"Poland will now be much more circumspect in making decisions about pulling together forces at the border with Belarus." In such words, experts explain Vladimir Putin's sensational statement about his readiness to deploy Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus. Europe's reaction is paradoxical: for some reason, the EU is not at all concerned about American nuclear weapons on its territory.
Americans: the offensive will be suicide for Ukraine
WSJ readers called the possible APU offensive "disinformation" and "suicide"
Despite the training of soldiers and Western assistance, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will not be able to launch their offensive "according to the canons of NATO," the authors of the article write in the WSJ. According to the readers of the publication, there will be no offensive at all, and if it takes place, it will end badly for the Ukrainian troops.
"Phantoms" vs. "MiGs"
The air war over Vietnam did not reveal a winner
Of the four components of the Vietnam War, two became the most noticeable to an outside observer. At the same time, one of them, "mutinous", was, and remains, not quite adequately evaluated.
The punishing sword in the hands of Russia
On the expanded formulation of the concept of "retaliatory strike"
The logic of the global hybrid war forces a decisive revision of the usual formulations of "aggression", "accomplice of aggression", strategies and tactics of retaliatory strikes against the forces opposing Russia. The time for unpunished hybrid nastiness has expired, the consequences for such forces are becoming inescapable.
Tokyo plans to purchase a large batch of Tomahawk cruise missiles
The Ministry of Defense puts on a counter-force strike in the confrontation with China
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, during a speech to the budget commission of the lower house of the Japanese parliament, announced Tokyo's intention to purchase a batch of Tomahawk missiles of the latest modification from the United States.
How a united Germany squandered its military power
The arsenals of the GDR And the FRG were at one time very rich
During the Cold War, Soviet propaganda constantly accused the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) of revanchism, attributing to it a desire to "recoup" for the defeat of the Nazi Third Reich and regain lost lands in the east.
If you want to cheat, don't move
How the military "ecosystem" for MLRS was created
During the last year during a special military operation (SVO) in the theater of operations (Theater of Operations) multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) of the M270 MLRS type, built on a tracked chassis, are actively used.
Rostec: sanctions and ITS did not affect the work on weapons on new physical principles
The state corporation noted that "there are very serious successes in this direction"
Russia has made serious progress in the development of weapons based on new physical principles, these works do not stop, despite Western sanctions and the increased load on the military-industrial complex (MIC) during its military-industrial complex. This was stated to TASS in the Rostec state Corporation.
North Korea has tested its own analogue of the Poseidon underwater system
As the North Korean state news agency KCNA reported on March 24, 2023, from March 21 to March 23, tests were conducted in the DPRK of a "new complex of underwater nuclear strategic strike weapons" "Heir" ("Tsunami"), which is an uninhabited underwater vehicle with a nuclear charge, the task of which is called "stealthy arrival in a submerged position in the area the destruction and destruction of enemy ship groups and large ports by creating a super-powerful radioactive tsunami due to underwater explosions."
In the south of China, air defense and PLA Air Force exercises were held to counter attacks by stealth fighters against ground targets
The air defense units of the People's Liberation Army of China, together with the PLA Air Force, are practicing tactics of protection against the actions of invisible fighters. As a conditional enemy, the Chinese army uses J-20 fighters, which are supposed to simulate attacks by American F-35 aircraft.
The Serbian Army is organizing the largest exhibition of weapons and military equipment in the country's history
In honor of the Day of the Armed Forces of Serbia on April 22, 2023, the Ministry of Defense of the country is organizing the largest exhibition of weapons and military equipment used by the Serbian army in its history. The Serbian press writes about this, referring to information from the military department.
Defense Ministry: The United States used 300 tons of depleted uranium in the Iraq war
Defense Ministry: The United States used 300 tons of depleted uranium during the invasion of Iraq
The United States used at least 300 tons of depleted uranium during the invasion of Iraq (2003-2004), as a result, the radiation situation in the city of Fallujah became worse than in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Igor Kirillov, head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection forces of the Russian Armed Forces, said at a briefing on Friday